Suddenly a man runs towards Ms Tash and stabs her before fleeing in the opposite direction. Wednesday July 28 2021, 9.00am BST, The Times. Jay Smith was physically assaulted more than once when he was challenging Moslems with the same rhetoric, something. Not content with attacking Islam for the usual reasons Christian apologists do, Hatun has adduced physical evidence that Islam is wrong. Will you do the same? That was okay, she recalls, but I was never able to have proper discussions. When she first visited Speakers Corner in 2013 and watched more forceful Christian preachers at work, she realised that many of the Muslims in the crowd couldnt answer basic challenges to their own faith. Ms Tash added: "I cant believe this has happened in broad daylight at Speakers Corner. Muslims claim the Koran has never changed over the past 1,400 years. This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. London's Metro Police Media and Communications Manager Chris Humphreys told Newsweek the police force had nothing to add to their previous statement. "Undoubtedly, her effectiveness is partly due to her distinctively provocative style," but "let's not forget that Jesus was also very provocative at times and ended up being killed because of the anger he stirred up," Dieppe commented. As is made explicit in the Hamas charter, Islamists believe that from the French Revolution onward everything to do with the modernity they are pledged to destroy has been created by Jews. Askedwhether they turned up at Ms Tash's home, the spokesman said: 'Officers from SO15 have been providing support to the victim.' Sometimes, she will hold up mocking cartoons of Mohammed and Jesus side by side. That is a rhetorical question because there is a lunatic fringe within Islam that considers any slight on the religion as warranting of severe punishment, up to and including death. But when she looked down to see her bloody hand cut open like a chicken, she fainted in shock. I used to be a very friendly person, she grins. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. I am asking myself if have done anything wrong? That vile individual, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, told the FBI he believed that killing a Jew would make for powerful propaganda and incite his fellow jihadis. The attacker, who is still at large, appeared to aim for her neck, but Hatun deflected the knife so that it broke off in the folds of her clothes. She has carried this work beyond the park and across the capital, going into mosques and negotiating with the imams to book small weekly gatherings. She grew up in Turkey, and is apparently from a Moslem family. Speakers' Corner is located on the northeast edge of Hyde Park, near Marble Arch and Oxford Street. Dear Muslim people, do you know how much it hurts when you run away from the Lord Jesus Christ? 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' Review. All I did was question Islam and I wanted to debate discuss and to tell people about Jesus Christ. Ms Tash has since been discharged from a hospital in London and Scotland Yard's SO15 Counter Terrorism Command are now leading the investigation. A distressing recording of the incident at 3.34pm was posted on YouTube showing an unknown person dressed in a black hoodie attacking Ms Tash, then running away. Such a family background in the Jewish experience of persecution and self-defense meant that when Daniel Pearl said into Al-Qaedas video camera just before he was slaughtered, My father is Jewish. Click the button below. Such liberals also deploy the weapon of Islamophobia, the thought-crime devised by the jihadists of the Muslim Brotherhood as a means of suppressing any criticism of the Muslim world however well-founded it may be. 'Watching the video, the intention is clearly to kill me. On the back, shes designed a picture of Jesus with a gospel message. Her bandaged right hand and scarred forehead are the only visible clues of her near escape. The first incident on December 20 last year saw Ms Tash arrested for breaching coronavirus regulations. Ms Tash was later seen clutching her right hand close to her body and with what appeared to be blood at her temple as she was helped into a police van by officers who were nearby. After the lynching in 2000 of two Israeli soldiers who had taken a wrong turn in Ramallah, Sheikh Ahmad abu Halabaya said on TV from Gaza City: It is forbidden to have mercy in your hearts for the Jews in any place and in any land. On Sunday, July 25, a Christian preacher and brave critic of Islam, Hatun Tash, was stabbed by a terrorist at Speaker's Corner in the United Kingdom. "If Hatun is silenced by violence at Speakers' Corner, then we are all silenced. Im not that friendly now. She used to stand in front of mosques and hand out welcoming leaflets with messages like Jesus loves you.. I used to be a very friendly person, she grins. Hatun is a regular at Speakers Corner on Sunday mornings; this isnt the first time she has been physically attacked there; she has also been arrested. But the force insisted the incident 'is not being treated as terrorism-related at this time' and that it was keeping an open mind about possible motives. Her work has appeared in Plough, Quillette, the American Conservative and the Critic, among other outlets. Hatun should be banned as she is disrupting the peace and provoking Muslims in order to start religious tensions. Hatun Tash, 39, was treated in hospital after being slashed across the face Stabbing happened at Hyde Park in London in the rain on Sunday afternoon She is DCCI Ministries which says it 'seeks. The fact nobody is allowed to say this or criticise Islam says it all about where we are at.". Hatun will doubtless be back at Speakers Corner next Sunday where she will be shadowed covertly by men with warrant cards in their pockets. Such is her passion for evangelism. The police have also not implemented law under the Public Order Act 1986 section 4, Fear or provocation of violence. (2)An offence under this section may be committed in a public or a private place, except that no offence is committed where the words or behaviour are used, or the writing, sign or other visible representation is distributed or displayed, by a person inside a dwelling and the other person is also inside that or another dwelling. ", "Police have still not caught the attacker despite it happening in front of the police in one of the most [surveilled] areas of London. The incident is not being treated as terrorism-related at this time.'. (b)distributes or displays to another person any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting. When Islamists broke into the Paris office of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2015 and murdered 12 of its staff, many in the West in effect blamed the staff for their own murder. Police inaction has led to what happened to me (on Sunday). "She's been attacked on many previous occasions, both in and outside Speakers' Corner, including being knocked unconscious at Speakers' Corner in October 2020," he stressed. DCCI Ministries 'seeks to preach the Gospel to Muslims using apologetics and polemics', adding: 'Our motivation is a love for Muslims to bring them to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ in order to attain eternal life.'. She wishes the front didnt get all the attention, but shes not ashamed of it. I would ask them, if they have not already done so, to contact police. Steve noted that "two police officers were sitting in a police car not more than 20 meters away from the attack against her life on Sunday and failed miserably to either prevent the attack or apprehend the attacker," but the media was failing to cover both these issues. By Police continue to appeal for witnesses and information following the serious assault at Speakers' Corner yesterday, which is now being investigated by the Met's Counter Terrorism officers.https://t.co/5KyMWy3o8R. Thus jihadi attempts to wipe out Christianity around the world are ignored, Muslim attacks on Jews are airbrushed out, and even reformist Muslims find themselves smeared as Islamophobes if they criticize their co-religionists. Have a news tip? Hatun Tash, who fled Turkey and sought refuge in Britain after she was persecuted for converting to Christianity, told Church Militant she faced escalating threats after she began disproving the Islamic doctrine of an infallible, single, original version of the Koran. She has had many heated discussions with Islamic preachers and others, and has previously been attacked for brandishing a Koran which had been pierced with holes and waving a cartoon image of the Prophet Mohammed depicted as a crying baby. She has been arrested twice in the past year. Nasir, who will be sent back to Morocco where the political system is controlled by Islamists, isnt just a lethally dangerous terrorist explosives instructor. In relation to Ms Tash's claims, a Met Police spokesman said: "We can confirm the MPS is in receipt of a claim made by a woman in her 30s in relation to interaction with police on two occasions. No arrest had been made as of Monday night. Thats because it doesnt fit the liberal narrativethat Muslims are the victims of Western colonialist oppression, and that therefore their violence is a kind of justified resistance, at least in its aims if not its methods. For many years, there has been a murderous jihadi onslaught on Christians in Africa, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Egypt and elsewhere in the developing world. I am Jewish, this had a resonance which would have escaped his murderer. Most such outrages have been perpetrated by individuals or very small groups who have been radicalised, or have radicalised themselves on-line. When Britains former chief rabbi, the late Lord Sacks, asked Judea Pearl why he was working for reconciliation between Jews and Muslims, he replied: Hate killed my son. They believe that the Jews are behind everything that Muslims deem to be bad, and that the perfection of the world will only occur when the Jews are eradicated from the face of the earth. Hatun and her organisation are regular attendees at speakers corner and specifically go there to offend and antagonize Muslims. Williams said the incident is the most serious in what the CLC called "concerning events" involving Tash at the historic place for open-air debate. Im not that friendly now.. Last year, a semi-literate. Mark Duell for MailOnline, Charlie Hebdo T-shirt-wearing woman is STABBED at Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park in attack caught on video as police hunt man dressed all in black who fled the scene, Two teenagers, 14, are found guilty of murdering 13-year-old boy who was 'lured' to a park and fatally stabbed. Mark Duell for MailOnline I ask what went through her mind in that moment. View our online Press Pack. The Christian refugee from Turkey fled to Britain The threats and attacks are intended to shut down any critique of Islam. As for the stabbing on Sunday, a distressing recording of the incident which happened at 3.34pm was posted on YouTube showing an unknown person dressed in a black hoodie attacking Ms Tash, then running away. "Police inaction has led to what happened to me yesterday," Tash said, noting that from video of the incident it is clear the intention of her attacker was to kill her. Her Charlie Hebdo T-shirt had a cartoon showing a man kissing a cartoonist with the slogan 'L'amour plus fort que la haine' (love is stronger than hate). And we get on with life.. An estimated 30 witnesses saw Hatun Tash, 39, being slashed across the face in broad daylight at Hyde Park on Sunday with some filming what happened in an area of Central London that is packed with CCTV cameras. Get briefed on today's top stories with Kim Tisor. I get that critique a lot, she says. She is from a group called DCCI (Defend Christ Critique Islam) Ministries which says it 'seeks to preach the Gospel to Muslims using apologetics and polemics'. But she was released with no further action after eventually spending 23 hours in custody. Ruths immediate family members, who survived the 1941 Farhud pogrom in Baghdad in which 180 Jews were killed and hundreds more injured, were part of the subsequent mass exodus of Jews to Israel in 1951. was uploaded to change dot org calling for her to be banned from Speakers Corner. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. A CHRISTIAN preacher who was stabbed in a London park has revealed her horror at being attacked - as counter-terror cops investigate the incident. Last weekend, a Christian preacher, Hatun Tash, was attacked at Speakers Corner in the capitals Hyde Park. Two 18-year-olds Aima (left) and Tash (right) have been revealed as organising the London protests over the killing of George Floyd which sparked violence on the capital's streets. Hatun has been slapped, punched and knocked to the ground by Islamic men at Speakers' Corner since June 2020. When people are persuaded to convert, she works to plant them in church communities for further discipleship. A hooded and masked man wearing blacklashed out at the 39-year-old with a long knife, repeating the name of Allah and slashing her in the face and upper body while aiming for her throat in accordance with the Koranic injunction to "smite at their necks. Charlie Hebdo is the French newspaper that suffered a terrorist attack in 2016. We know that this assault was witnessed by a number of people, many of whom captured it on their phones. The attackers said the magazine had used blasphemy by publishing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to stir up hatred against Muslims around the world. Speakers' Corner is a historic place for open-air debate, where people have gathered at Speakers' Corner since the 1860s to exercise their right to free speech. It is heartbreaking that we live in a society where police do not want to arrest a Muslim for fear of being called Islamophobic. Whether holding up a holey Koran or waving Charlie Hebdo cartoons, she knows how to draw a crowd. She has been at the center of exposing holes in the narrativeof the Islamic faith, including the existence of over 26 versions of the Koran," Steve observed. "No one is allowed to say the attacker was a Muslim, even though even the Muslims are saying it," a media source told Church Militant. As Daniel Greenfield reports, he has expressed a preference for killing Jews and has singled out for praise atrocities in which Jews were the intended targets. In a conversation withChurch Militant, the passionate Christian said she began to expose the myth of a single Arabic version of the Koran in 2016, but that "the Muslims were denying this even though I was bringing multiple versions of the Koran to Speakers' Corner." ", Steve said the media were spinning the attempted murder by subtly transferring the blame to Tash for provoking her attacker by wearing a Charlie Hebdo T-shirt, remarking: "I have been more appalled by both the response of the police and of the media coverage of the attack.". In December, Tash was arrested for "breaching coronavirus regulations" after she approached the police and inquired as to why they were interfering with the lawful exercise of free speech of another speaker there. But that doesnt mean Im gonna chop someones head off.I dont live in Pakistan, I dont live in Saudi Arabia, and I should not be banned., On the rainy July Sunday when she was stabbed, there was no mob. In October of this year, Hatun Tash was allegedly punched by a Muslim preacher at Speakers' Corner after she showed a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammed. It is not my story, she says. In October 2020, Sadiq Khan was asked about Ms Tash at Mayor's Question Time and said police had escorted her out of Hyde Park 'for her own safety' after a large and hostile crowd had gathered around her. Hatun has spoken at Speaker's-Corner many times, Shakeel. Scotland Yard was today criticised for failing to catch a knifeman five days after he stabbed a Christian preacher wearing a Charlie Hebdo T-shirt at Speakers' Corner, as counter-terrorism officer continue to investigate. The 39-year-old is a former Muslim from Turkey who is now a prominent critic of Islam and believes Muslims should be encouraged to convert to Christianity. It is a heartbreaking that we live in a society where police do not want to arrest a Muslim for fear of being called 'Islamophobic'.". The victim was a woman named Hatun Tash; she was stabbed. In recent years, topics such as Islamic fundamentalism have often featured in the debates which normally take place on Sundays. She was treated at the scene by the LAS before being taken to a central London hospital. She claimed she was illegally held in December and again in May this year in relation to clashes with groups of Muslims. Hatun Tash is a Christian preacher from a group called DCCI (Defend Christ Critique Islam) Ministries who is a regular at Speakers' Corner. Make war on them any place that you find yourself. Needless to say, this has caused even more offence than her, Sadly, although this attack was potentially fatal, it is by no means a one-off. But I argue that there is nothing brave about causing distress and alarm towards a community and going out of your way to insult and viciously offend a community all in order to prove a sinister point. "Speakers Corner is a great place to do this, it is a shame that this has happened at the home of freedom of speech.". No arrests have been made and a knife was found near the scene of the attack. When Smith returned to the United States in 2017, Hatun began a new ministry, DCCI (Defend Christ, Critique Islam). The sinister rise of drag shows for children, The spy movie that set Putin on the path to the KGB, Our Russian sanctions are only helping Vladimir Putin, Is Putin winning? Hatun Tash. But there is method in her madness. Speakers Corner has, since the 19th century, been a place for open-air free speech, a key element in any healthy democracy. 'The footage clearly shows an attempt to kill, or at least seriously harm, a Christian woman in broad daylight in front of the police. My attacker was not even afraid of the police as he did it right in front of them. When you place your order, your Church Militant Premium membership will be activated. And then suddenly likesuddenly just like She pauses, then shakes her head laughing. Yearly: $120 a year, To pay in advance without a subscription, click here 15:17 GMT 30 Jul 2021 Hatun Tash is a Christian preacher from a group called DCCI (Defend Christ Critique Islam) Ministries who is a regular at Speakers' Corner. "Last night I told you of the stabbing of a Christian preacher, a convert from Islam called Hatun Tash, stabbed in the head and the arm as she was preaching at London's Speakers' Corner, a place symbolic of free speech in Britain. When she arrived at Paddington station ahead of the chat she was escorted to the GB News studios by police, who have also turned up at the offices of the Christian Legal Centre, which is representing her, trying to find her. And so her distinctive approach of apologetics and polemics together was born. Such Islamists believe that the Jews control the West; so to attack the West, they must attack the Jews. Our ability to cover the most important issues in Israel and throughout the Jewish worldwithout the standard media biasdepends on the support of committed readers. Tash, who has a huge presence on YouTube, said she got her first threat when she called Muhammad a "false prophet" and began to reiterate the dangers of Islamic extremists extinguishing free speech in the West. Hatun Tash, 39, a frequent Christian proselytizer seen at the Hyde Park location, was attacked and stabbed several times by a man dressed in black with a hood and face mask aiming his stabs at. The incident is not being treated as terror-related, despite Ms Tash being from the DCCI (Defend Christ Critique Islam) Ministries group which 'seeks to preach the Gospel to Muslims using apologetics and polemics'. Historic figures such as Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and George Orwell are all known to have visited to discuss the issues of the day. Sign up for only one day for the low cost of $1.99. The police have failed to protect her and instead have taken the easy option of arresting her and escorting her from the park, which has encouraged those who wish to harm and silence her. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Hatun lives on the edge, moving from host family to host family. But its not just the Islamists targeting of the Jews that the West ignores. Last weekend, a Christian preacher, Hatun Tash, was attacked at Speakers' Corner in the capital's Hyde Park. It is unacceptable, 21st century you haven't repented. DCCI do not come to preach Christianity in speakers corner rather they come to attack Muslims and Islam. Officers based in Westminster are working alongside colleagues from the Royal Parks OCU to investigate and identify the person responsible..